The Dream Highway Podcast
You need fuel for your journey. You need support for your dreams. You want to get unstuck and live life to the fullest! Steve Pederson, musician, author, speaker, entrepreneur and family man hosts this weekly podcast that helps you up-level your life. Be inspired by teaching and interviews with people whose lives have been transformed. Hear the stories that have enabled them to overcome crippling obstacles and have propelled them towards their destiny. It's all about real people overcoming real odds to realize their dreams.
The Dream Highway Podcast
Exploring Faith and the Depressed Brain with Author David Anderson
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Steve Pederson
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Episode 26
Despite having a depressed brain, he turned his passion for writing into a book that won first place in a Writer’s Digest contest. Listen as author David Anderson discusses what it’s like being a person of faith with clinical depression.
Highlights
- Writing a contest-winning book on a depressed brain
- Shame, Faith and Depression
- Chemical imbalance controversy
- Signs of clinical depression
- Difference between situational and clinical depression
- Science-based ways to alleviate depression
- Signs you may want to get tested or clinical depression
- Is “having Jesus” all you need to be happy?
- Is depression a sign of a lack of faith or character?
- Can a faith that doesn’t allow you to be human or honest with yourself and honest with God sustainable?
- You’re not responsible for being born with a condition. You are responsible for making adjustments.
- If it fits your personality, you have talent for it and you love doing it - go for it! You’ll have a much better chance at success.